In his heart, he wasn’t feeling great. In the past, reading about protagonists transmigrating in novels was exhilarating, because it allowed him to enter a brand new world and experience something different.

But now that he had actually transmigrated himself, as soon as James Carter calmed down, all he could think about was how he wouldn’t be able to play computer games anymore, no more phone, no more TV or movies, and definitely no way to download adult videos. Even though he was an orphan, relying on his parents’ inheritance to go to school and had nothing tying him down, he had still grown up on Earth.

Leaving behind modern life and truly transmigrating, his mood was honestly quite uncomfortable.

But what’s done is done, so he could only accept it for now.

“Who goes there? Stop and submit to inspection.”

“How dare you! This is the carriage of the The Carter Family family head.”

Because there was a memory in James Carter’s mind that the Jade Emperor Academy was three hundred li from Jade Capital City, he planned to use this time to think things over, to quietly and carefully reflect on everything that had happened. After all, he had come to a strange world and so much had already occurred.

But what he didn’t expect was that, after just a brief moment of reminiscing about his modern life on Earth, not much time seemed to have passed. Even if he had been lost in thought, it couldn’t have been more than a few hours—at most, maybe half an hour. Yet he suddenly heard voices outside.

Lifting the carriage curtain to look out, he saw the road beside them was bustling with traffic slowly entering the city, and in the distance stood a grand, unimaginably massive city.

“So it’s the carriage of the The Carter Family family head. Yes, yes… let them through immediately.”

Someone outside answered cautiously, and the way was instantly cleared. The carriage began to move quickly into the city.

“Where are we now?” James Carter wondered, asking vaguely after a moment’s thought.

“Reporting to the family head, we have entered the outer city. There are less than two hundred li to the The Carter Family residence, and we’ll arrive in about two quarters of an hour.” The guard outside answered respectfully.

Entered the outer city, and still two hundred li to the The Carter Family residence? Two quarters of an hour is about half an hour, so that’s two hundred li in half an hour—doesn’t that mean the speed is around four hundred li per hour? No wonder the three hundred li went by so quickly. What kind of carriage is this? It’s practically on par with a high-speed train, not much worse than a maglev. That’s insane.

James Carter suddenly realized he didn’t really know much about this world at all. What kind of world was this, exactly?

As for his predecessor, aside from women and some indulgent pleasures, there was nothing else in his memories.

It seemed that if he wanted to truly understand this world, he’d have to rely on himself. But soon James Carter thought of something else: if the carriage was moving so fast, how did he manage to see the scenery outside when he lifted the curtain, without any kind of speed-reducing glass? The things he used to know and understand didn’t seem to apply here. But one thing was certain: from his predecessor’s memories, he knew he was only at the fifth level of the Body Refining stage, which was already pretty good among ordinary people.

But among the younger generation of the five great families of the Ming Jade Dynasty, aside from one person who was a total cripple, another who was severely injured and ruined, and one who was an idiot, he ranked fourth from the bottom in cultivation among all the playboys in Jade Capital City.

Even so, his body seemed strong enough to withstand looking out at the scenery at such speeds—three or four hundred li per hour—without getting dizzy or having any other reaction. And in his memories, there were still the True Qi stage, the Divine Ability stage, and the Yin-Yang stage. Above the Yin-Yang stage, there was the almost transcendent Tai Chi stage, where one could fly and travel the world relying solely on their own power.

Damn, is that all?

James Carter was very interested in these things and wanted to know more, but after searching his predecessor’s memories for knowledge about cultivation, all he found was that after the Body Refining stage came the True Qi stage, then the Divine Ability stage—where one could master divine abilities—then the Yin-Yang stage, and finally the Tai Chi stage, a power that transcended the mundane. That was it; there was nothing else.

“Family head, please get out of the carriage. The elders have been waiting in the council hall for a long time. Please go in as soon as you return.” After turning it over in his mind for a long time and only coming up with this little bit of information, they had already arrived at the The Carter Family residence.

Getting out of the carriage, he saw a grand complex of ancient buildings. But unlike the ancient architecture he’d seen on Earth, these were even more vibrant and magnificent, with many features that defied normal imagination. Looking from afar, there were countless pavilions and towers. Some buildings were as tall as the skyscrapers from his previous life, and many were so beautiful and ornate that they were beyond ordinary understanding or imagination.

Wow, if you added some dry ice and mist, it would really feel like an immortal’s paradise.

The The Carter Family council hall was even more extravagant and grand than the emperor’s council chamber James Carter had seen at the Forbidden City in his previous life. As he entered, he saw three elders and a young man sitting below. The three elders all wore gloomy expressions. The young man, seeing James Carter arrive, let out a disdainful snort through his nose, then looked down, ignoring him. Here we go again—this had been going on for almost a year, a scene that played out every month. Thinking of what was about to happen, he couldn’t help but find it amusing.

Sixth Master didn’t want to see him groveling and trying to please the elders, so he sent him instead. In fact, he hated the monthly elders’ council, and hated James Carter even more, for disgracing his father John Carter and also embarrassing Sixth Master.